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John A. Burt

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
7733
World Ranking
3908
National Ranking
2

John A. Burt publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 129 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

John A. Burt D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. Burt sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John A. Burt is affiliated with New York University Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with extensive work in ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, management, monitoring, policy and law, and aquatic science.

Their scientific publications cover a range of topics related to marine ecosystems, coastal environments, and marine biology. Key topics in their work include coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine management, marine and coastal plant biology, coastal and marine dynamics, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Burt has published multiple papers in prominent scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance in reef-building corals," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event: Where do we go from here?," 2024, Coral Reefs
  • "Insights from extreme coral reefs in a changing world," 2020, Coral Reefs
  • "Corals in the hottest reefs in the world exhibit symbiont fidelity not flexibility," 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Enhancing the heat tolerance of reef-building corals to future warming," 2021, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Burt in at least seven publications include:

  • Grace O. Vaughan
  • Emily J. Howells
  • Michael S. Watt
  • Midhun Mohan
  • Edward G. Smith

The most common publication venues in which Burt's work appears are:

  • Coral Reefs
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Molecular Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Best Publications

  • Symbiodinium thermophilum sp. nov., a thermotolerant symbiotic alga prevalent in corals of the world's hottest sea, the Persian/Arabian Gulf

    B. C. C. Hume;C. D'Angelo;E. G. Smith;J. R. Stevens

  • SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next-generation sequencing ITS2 profiling.

    Benjamin C. C. Hume;Edward G. Smith;Maren Ziegler;Hugh J. M. Warrington

  • The growing need for sustainable ecological management of marine communities of the Persian Gulf.

    Peter F. Sale;David A. Feary;John A. Burt;Andrew G. Bauman

  • Coral recruitment and early benthic community development on several materials used in the construction of artificial reefs and breakwaters

    John A. Burt;John A. Burt;Aaron Bartholomew;Andrew G. Bauman;Abdulla Saif

  • Ancestral genetic diversity associated with the rapid spread of stress-tolerant coral symbionts in response to Holocene climate change

    Benjamin C. C. Hume;Christian R. Voolstra;Chatchanit Arif;Cecilia D'Angelo

  • Are artificial reefs surrogates of natural habitats for corals and fish in Dubai, United Arab Emirates?

    John A. Burt;John A. Burt;Aaron Bartholomew;Paolo Usseglio;Andrew G. Bauman

  • The environmental costs of coastal urbanization in the Arabian Gulf

    John A. Burt

  • Corals from the Persian/Arabian Gulf as models for thermotolerant reef-builders: prevalence of clade C3 Symbiodinium, host fluorescence and ex situ temperature tolerance.

    B. Hume;C. D'Angelo;John A. Burt;Andrew Baker

  • Host adaptation and unexpected symbiont partners enable reef-building corals to tolerate extreme temperatures

    Emily J. Howells;David Abrego;Eli Meyer;Nathan L. Kirk

  • The arabian gulf

    Grace O. Vaughan;Noura Al-Mansoori;John A. Burt

  • Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance in reef-building corals

    Yi Jin Liew;Yi Jin Liew;Emily J. Howells;Emily J. Howells;Xin Wang;Xin Wang;Craig T. Michell;Craig T. Michell

  • Local adaptation constrains the distribution potential of heat-tolerant Symbiodinium from the Persian/ Arabian Gulf

    Cecilia D'Angelo;Benjamin C C Hume;John Burt;Edward G Smith

  • Biogeography and molecular diversity of coral symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium around the Arabian Peninsula

    Maren Ziegler;Chatchanit Arif;John A. Burt;Sergey Dobretsov

  • Tropical harmful algal blooms: an emerging threat to coral reef communities?

    Andrew G. Bauman;John A. Burt;David A. Feary;David A. Feary;Elise Marquis;Elise Marquis

  • Causes and consequences of the 2017 coral bleaching event in the southern Persian/Arabian Gulf

    John A. Burt;Francesco Paparella;Noura Al-Mansoori;Amna Al-Mansoori

  • Recovery of corals a decade after a bleaching event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    John A. Burt;John A. Burt;Aaron Bartholomew;Paolo Usseglio

  • Benthic development on large-scale engineered reefs: A comparison of communities among breakwaters of different age and natural reefs

    John A. Burt;Aaron Bartholomew;Peter F. Sale;Peter F. Sale

  • Insights from extreme coral reefs in a changing world

    J. A. Burt;E. F. Camp;I. C. Enochs;J. L. Johansen

  • Locally accelerated growth is part of the innate immune response and repair mechanisms in reef-building corals as detected by green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like pigments

    C. D’Angelo;E. G. Smith;F. Oswald;J. Burt

  • Long-term impacts of coral bleaching events on the world's warmest reefs.

    John Burt;Suaad Al-Harthi;Ashraf Al-Cibahy

  • Artificial marine habitats in the Arabian Gulf: Review of current use, benefits and management implications

    David A. Feary;John A. Burt;Aaron Bartholomew

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Feary
David A. Feary MRAG Ltd
Jörg Wiedenmann
Jörg Wiedenmann University of Southampton
Peter F. Sale
Peter F. Sale University of Windsor
Andrew S. Hoey
Andrew S. Hoey James Cook University
Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
Morgan S. Pratchett
Morgan S. Pratchett James Cook University
Bernhard Riegl
Bernhard Riegl Nova Southeastern University
Sylvaine Giakoumi
Sylvaine Giakoumi University of Queensland
Andrew H. Baird
Andrew H. Baird James Cook University
Scott F. Heron
Scott F. Heron James Cook University

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